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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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